IT Infrastructure is constantly changing, bringing more new challenges with it every day. From ransomware and the latest security threats to emerging developments in AI and the need for increased bandwidth and storage, it’s nearly impossible to keep up to date. Our conference is designed to help. We’ve assembled a combination of Best-in-Breed hardware and software solutions, along with local experts and organizations to help educate, advise and connect you to resources that can help you meet your goals.
Covering Information Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Communications, and more, you’ll find presentations, panel discussions, and exhibitors covering a variety of topics, as well as the latest innovations and best practices.
November 14th, 2019
8:30am – 3:30pm
CHI Health Center Omaha
Junior Ballroom
455 N. 10th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Presented by Karla Carter • Associate Professor; College of Science & Technology, Bellevue University
Presented by Matt Morton • Board Member, NEbraskaCERT
Ever wonder why we rarely reach our security goals? In this presentation we will go over and identify the key steps to get operationally secure so that:
This workshop not only outlines these steps but identifies key resources that are either free or low cost that can assist you in getting to your security program goals.
Presented by Check Point Software
As organizations implement their cloud adoption strategy, there are several factors that will either ensure success, or lead to undesirable outcomes. This session explores the opportunities and pitfalls of moving to the could by examining the threats and responsibilities that a cloud presence incurs. Through examination of actual threat surface, and cautionary tales from the real world, we will understand the factors that we need to consider when building a cloud adoption strategy.
Presented by Quest Software
Managing elevated and shared access credentials is one of the biggest challenges facing complex heterogeneous organizations today. Administrators must be able to access the systems they manage with sufficient rights to do their jobs, but organizations must control that access to ensure security and regulatory compliance. The days of administrators sharing accounts and passwords and operating without auditing are gone (or they should be).
Large enterprises face unique challenges. They too must control the use of elevated privileges, but they need to find ways to enhance authentication for these accounts to meet mandates while still enabling administrators to administer. Even with multifactor authentication to "check out" a privileged account or session, we still need to take steps to mitigate potential account compromises – making sure the admin that authenticated today is still who they say they are. We've come to the point where we need to continuously analyze administration by watching normal behavior and comparing it to current behavior – with real-time in-line remediation to add a powerful layer of risk mitigation.
Moderated by INTERFACE Advisory Council
Many Compliance, Privacy and Security Professional's are struggling to find their role in the ecosystem. They wear many hats, often in conflict with each other. Compounded by executives trying to find the right staffing level for these roles without fully understanding what they do. As compliance and privacy get more visibility, organizations are facing new challenges. This panel will discuss the complications companies face defining the separation of duties between compliance, privacy and security. What is the difference between them and why. When security will not do it then compliance becomes the catch all, is that appropriate? This panel of security, compliance and privacy experts will give you guidance to address these issues for companies of all sizes along with other common issues that compliance, privacy and security professionals are now facing.
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Karla CarterAssociate Professor; College of Science & Technology, Bellevue UniversityPresented by Karla Carter • Associate Professor; College of Science & Technology, Bellevue University
Social engineering will be a cybersecurity threat as long as we have people (as opposed to Skynet) making decisions. The human, as opposed to the machine, is the preferred platform for the social engineer to conduct their nefarious plans to derail your business. Come learn how to spot the signal flags of the social engineer, train yourself how to not get railroaded into a breach and put the brakes on confusion and delay.
Karla Carter is an associate professor in the College of Science and Technology at Bellevue University, in Bellevue, NE. Drawing on more years than she should be admitting of information technology experience, she teaches cybersecurity, information technology ethics, and general information technology and history/civics courses. In addition to being Vice Chair for the Nebraska Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society, Chair of ACM SIGCAS, and a member of the ACM Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE), she is curious, intense, and irreverent, and cannot resist puns.
Presented by Alan Epley • Senior Security & Compliance Analyst; Buildertrend This session will introduce the basic concepts of a Third Party Management program through the conceptualization of the relationship into human relationships. The session will take you through three phases: At the end of the session, you will have a better understanding of what to expect from your third parties as well as what your third parties expect out of you. This knowledge will assist in developing an overall Third Party Management program that fits your companys needs and strategic efforts.
Moderated by INTERFACE Advisory Council
The purpose of this collaborative discussion is to focus on the common traits that top level talent (i.e. the most sought after employees) have and provide a forum in which to discuss those attributes, identify where we may be falling short and ways to take steps to increase productivity, positive influence and personal development.
Presented by Ed Toner • Chief Information Officer; State of Nebraska
An Enterprise Vision for Business Applications in the public sector is much like other large legacy companies in the private sector. The State of Nebraska has essentially evolved through mergers and acquisitions (we simply refer to the business organizations as Agencies). This silo approach over time has resulted in a disproportionate number of duplicate applications and services. Following Gartner's TIME framework (Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate), APM (Application Portfolio Management) utilizes a fact-based process of application categorization, assessment and rationalization. APM is an iterative process utilized to manage, architect and maintain an organization's portfolio of applications. Each iteration provides new segments of information which are subsequently added into the application portfolio.
Advisor-approved content is the foundation upon which INTERFACE was developed. Each conference is guided by an Advisory Council of IT executives and senior managers. Advisor members represent both private and public sector organizations. The council contributes its insight into proposed educational topics and recommends local exhibitors and associations for participation.
Debra Anderson
President
ASIS
Jeff Breci
Director, Information Security
Metropolitan Utilities District
Dan Browder
Director – Communications, Support & Incident Response
First National Bank of Omaha
Jeffrey Cochran
Information Security Manager
Nebraska Book Company, Inc.
Krista Freimuth
IS Asset Manager
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Jay Gnuse
Director, Information Technology
Chief Industries
Ann Greiman
Board member
PMI
Aaron Grothe
Board Member
NEbraskaCERT
Andy Hinton
President
ISACA
Andy Hinton
Board Member
ISACA
Matt Johnson
VP Operational and Tech Risk
Bank of the West
Robert LaMagna-Reiter
CISO
First National Technology Solutions
Eric Matulka
Vice President, Information Technology
DEI Communities
Sean McCary
Director
Omaha CIO Forum
Lisa McKee
CEO
SecuriKee Dr
Matt Morton
CISO & Assistant CIO
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Sean Murphy
President
AFCEA
Jinson Pappalil
Director, Information Technology
Metropolitan Utilities District
Trista Renstrom
Security Specialist
WoodmenLife
Amber Roberts
President of ARMA, Sr. IT Support Analyst
Gavilon Group, LLC
Tom Rolfes
Administrative Services Manager
Nebraska Information Technology Commission
Ron Strawn
President
CompTIA (AITP)
Ed Toner
Chief Information Officer
State of Nebraska
Participating exhibitors at INTERFACE achieve a greater return on their investment from this series of IT events than any other face-to-face medium available today. This success is achieved through a time-efficient and cost-effective presence for a pre-qualified audience. This simple formula leads to higher levels of business development opportunity at each event.
CHI Health Center Omaha
Junior Ballroom
455 N. 10th Street
Omaha, NE 68102